Improvement in bosom-pads



U ITED STATES PATENT QFFICE.

JOHN C. TALLMAN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN BOSOM-PADS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 162,869, dated May 4, 1875; application filed March 6, 1875.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN G. TALLMAN, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Cork Bosoms for Ladies WVear, of which the following is a specification;

Fig. 1 is a view illustrating the use of my improved cork bosom, and Fig. 2 is a perspective view, partlyin section, of one of niyimproved cork bosoms.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The object of this invention is to furnish false bosoms for ladies wear, which shall be light, flexible, inodorous, and porous, so that they can be conveniently worn and Will not unduly heat the chest of the wearer.

The invention consists of the bosoms made of thin sheets of cork pressed into proper shape, and either with or without perforations, as hereinafter fully described.

A represents the bosoms, which are made of thin sheets of cork cut into the proper form and pressed with dies into the proper shape. The cork may be perforated with numerous small holes, if desired, to allow the air to pass through it freely, and should be made sufficiently thin to give it the desired flexibility, the elasticity of the cork bringing it back into shape when the compressing force is removed.

The false bosoms so made are light, so that they can be Worn comfortably, are porous, so as to allow the air to pass through them readily, so that they can be worn without unduly heating the chest, are entirely odorless, even when warmed and moistened with the perspiration, and yield readily to pressure, so that I they cannot be distinguished by feeling them JOHN C. TALLMAN.

Witnesses:

JAMES T. GRAHAM, T. B. MOSHER. 

